Lantern.



E. R. HIBBARD.

LANTERN'.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 10, 1913.

I 1,156,229. Patented 0015.121915.

/3 Y In'il'lmmuw WWW mi lll EDWARD R. HIBBABD, OFCHIGAGO, ILLINOIS.

f LANTERN.

Application filed November 10, 1913.

the changing of the colorof the lamp or lantern at will; to permit thischange of color to be accomplished instantaneously and easily to providea practical and effective construction for accomplishing this result;and

'to secure the foregoing and other desirable results in a simple 'andexpeditious manner.

In carrying out the invention in the way herein set forth I provide alanternor lamp either electric or oil with one or-more suitablediaphanous members together with suitable mechanism orinstrumentalitiesby which said member or members maybe shifted ormanipulated so as to cause the lamp or lantern to give any one ofseveral colors as desired. I show several views of the construction bywhich this result may be accomplished, illustrating ways in which myinvention may be applied or carried out. It will be understood thatother types of construction may be employed without departing from thespirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of a lanternembodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of thesame; Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 inV Fig. 2; Fig. 4Lis a horizontal cross section taken on line 4.-1-. in Fig. 2.

Referring to Figs,l 1 to a inclusive, I show a lantern of more or lessconventional shape and size conveniently constructed with a body.portion 1, a top 2 with intervening wire members 3 between the top andbottom 1 and 2 and having a handle l pivotally connectedwith the top 2.An electric lamp 6 is shown mounted upon the bottom 1 and as aconvenient arrangement for supplying current for said lamp 6 a battery 7which may be any suitable or preferred type of dry or other battery, ismounted within thel bottom 1 which to accommodate the same Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented 0015.12, i915.

semi No. 800,064.

is preferably made in the form of a hollow y shell or case having athreaded connection with a top or cover portion 1a, upon which latterthe lamp 6 is mounted. A series of diaphanous members 8, 9 and 10 areprovided, the same being of different colors, as for example the member8 is blue, the inember 9 is green, andthe member 10 is red. rIhesemembers are preferably cylindrical in form and of different size ordiameter; so

that they be arranged telescopically or f nested within one another forpurposes as will hereinafter appear, and said membersare arranged forvertical movement into position surrounding the lamp 6 1in which posi-`tion the member 3 1s shown, and also into the elevatedposition abovesaid lampo, and

within the top 2, which is preferably made lin the form of` a hood orcover as best sho-wn `1n Fig.l 2. Thusl when any one of the members 3,9and 1Y0, is in a lowered position, as forl example the member 8,thellamp or lantern will give out a light colored by said member, inthiscasea limelight. 'llhem however, said member 3 iselevated and one ofthe other members 9 .or 10; vis lowered, instead'of a blue light, alight colored by one of the other members will be given, as for examplea green or red light. As a simple and ready means of manipulating thesemembers 8, 9 and 10 to give different colored lights, said members areprovided with handles 11, 12 and 13, respectively, which handles extendup through the top of the hood 2 so as to be accessible as for'example-at 1av sired color of light. and a change quickly made to anyother desired color. .The intermediate wire members 3 3 are of anypreferred shape or construction, so as to protect the members 8, 9 and10 which would ordinarily be made of glassbut might of course be made ofother proper material.

Suitable guide wires 15, 16 and 17 are interposed between the members 3,9 and 10, and within the latter to properly guide said members in theirupward and downward movements.

The handles or rods 11, 12 and 13 are provided with longitudinal slots11a, 12, and 13a, adapted to receive a wire or rod member 2c on the topof the hood 2 and having lateral recesses whereby when said handles 11,

12 and 13 or any of them are elevated they may be tipped to one side asshown in Fig. 3, so that the lateral ends of the slots l1, l2a and 13amay engage the Wire 2C and lock said handles in elevated position.

It Will be understood that although electric lamps are herein shown theinvention is equally applicable to lanterns, lamps and other deviceshaving oil or other lighting instrumentalities, and is also applicableto other forms of electric lamps or lanterns.

It is understood that changes and modilications can be made Withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

What l claim is:

l. A device o1 the class described comprising a lighting element, adiaphanous tubular movable member, an outer casing inclosing saidtubular member and having an opening substantially in register With saidlighting element, a member secured to said movable member for movingsaid member toward and away from said lighting element and being of alength substantially equal tothe distance which the tubular member isadapted to be moved, said member being provided With a slot having anoffset therein a member extending intoA the slot and forming a means forsecuring said tubular member against movement With relation to saidouter casing when in engagement with the offset in the slot.

2.A device of the class described comprising a lightingelement, a.plurality of diaphanous movable members, an outer casing lnclosingsaidmembers and having an opening substantially in register with saidlighting element, members secured to each of the diaphanous movablemembers and extending through the casing in different planes, a membermounted on the casing and extending into the path of all of saidmembers, said member coperating with the members which are attached tothe movable tubular members and forming a means for supporting thetubular me bers in one position. l

3. A device of the class described com" prising a lighting element, aplurality of diaphanous movable members, an outer casing inclosing saidmembers and having an opening substantially in register with saidlighting element, a member extending from each of said movable membersand through a slot in the casing, a member extending across each of saidslots, and engageable With one or more of the members which extend fromthe diaphanous movable members, to hold said members Within the casing.

In Witness whereof, I hereunto vsubscribe my name this 7th day ofNovember, A. D.,

EDWARD R. HIBBARD.

Witnesses: c

A. L. JoNEs, HAZEL ANN JONES.

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Washington, D. C.

